A query for "aim" on search.cpan.org returns odd results. The first few are from Net-AIM, Net-AIMTOC, and Net-AOLIM, which is fine. AOL-TOC shows up early, too. What's weird is that Class::MakeMethods::Emulator::MethodMaker and SPOPS::Manual::Relationships show up on the first page, while Net::OSCAR is #34. The NAME section in the Net::OSCAR POD: "Net::OSCAR - Implementation of AOL's OSCAR protocol for instant messaging (for interacting with AIM a.k.a. AOL IM a.k.a. AOL Instant Messenger - and ICQ, too!)"

Also, I think search.cpan.org would be more useful if it would group multiple hits from the same distribution like Google does, so instead of:

* Net::AIM
* Net::AIM::Connection
* Net::AIM::Event
* Net-AIM-1.22

all occupying slots in the top 6, you'd have one entry:

        * Net-AIM-1.22
                * Net::AIM
                * Net::AIM::Connection
                More results from this package...

ala Google. If the search.cpan.org code is somewhere, I'd be happy to submit a patch.



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